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The 52 pages that link to Comet, each with the reason it gives.

• AsteroidCompared with: Comets are ice-rich bodies, unlike the generally rocky or metallic asteroids.

• Kuiper beltRelated: Kuiper belt objects are a source of short-period comets.

• Late Heavy BombardmentNarrower topic: Comets from the outer Solar System are another proposed source of early impactors.

• Solar SystemBroader topic: Comets bring volatile-rich material from distant reservoirs into the inner system.

• Charles MessierRelated: Messier made the catalogue to keep fixed deep-sky objects from being mistaken for comets.

• PlanetesimalBroader topic: Comets preserve volatile-rich material from the outer planetesimal-forming regions.

• Edmond HalleyNarrower topic: The object Halley tracked belongs to this broader class of icy bodies.

• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia MathematicaRelated: The treatise showed how gravitational laws could account for cometary paths.

• Chinese astronomyRelated: Chinese chronicles recorded comet appearances, positions, and forms over many centuries.

• Solar System formationRelated: Comets carry volatile-rich material from cold outer regions into the inner Solar System.

• Planetary defenseRelated: Long-period comets can arrive with less warning than many asteroids.

• Oort cloudNarrower topic: An inward-moving cloud object can develop the coma and tail characteristic of comets.

• Near-Earth objectRelated: Some near-Earth objects are comets whose elongated orbits enter Earth’s orbital region.

• Hyperbolic trajectoryRelated: Some comets enter the Solar System on unbound or nearly parabolic paths.

• Messier catalogCompared with: Messier recorded persistent diffuse objects to avoid confusing them with moving comets.

• Rings of SaturnRelated: Cometary material may have contributed to the rings after a close encounter with Saturn.

• Small Solar System bodyBroader topic: Comets are small bodies whose activity makes them distinct from most asteroids.

• Zodiacal lightRelated: Comets continually replenish dust that can contribute to the zodiacal cloud.

• Tunguska eventCompared with: A comet fragment remains an alternative to the asteroid explanation.

• AstrochemistryRelated: Cometary molecules preserve clues to chemistry in the early Solar System.

• Chicxulub impactorCompared with: Some impactor-origin arguments consider a comet, though evidence favors an asteroid.

• MeteoroidRelated: Cometary activity releases debris that can become meteoroids.

• Minor planetCompared with: Comets are excluded from the minor-planet category even when their orbits resemble asteroid orbits.

• Comet nucleusNarrower topic: The nucleus is the solid central body of the larger cometary phenomenon.

• FanzineBroader topic: Often identified as the first science-fiction fanzine, it set an early model for fan publishing.

• Interstellar objectNarrower topic: Cometary activity on 2I/Borisov allows comparison with familiar Solar System comets.

• MeteorRelated: Cometary debris supplies many meteoroids that encounter Earth's atmosphere.

• Halley's CometNarrower topic: Halley's Comet belongs to this class of icy bodies.

• Minor Planet CenterRelated: The Center also collects and distributes observations and orbital data for comets.

• OutgassingBroader topic: Solar heating drives volatile release that produces a comet’s coma and helps shape its activity.

• Solar and Heliospheric ObservatoryRelated: SOHO’s wide-field coronagraphs have discovered thousands of comets passing close to the Sun.

• Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9Narrower topic: Shoemaker–Levy 9 was a comet whose volatile material helped produce conspicuous impact phenomena.

• Maria MitchellNarrower topic: Mitchell’s 1847 discovery was a comet, observed as it moved against the stars.

• Meteor showerRelated: Cometary activity sheds much of the debris that forms meteor streams.

• Naked-eye astronomyRelated: Bright comets have appeared as naked-eye spectacles and unexpected visitors in the sky.

• Forrest J. AckermanBroader topic: It represents the early amateur publishing culture in which Ackerman became active.

• Jan OortRelated: The paths of long-period comets provided evidence for Oort’s distant reservoir.

• Messier objectRelated: Messier’s catalogue began as a practical aid for avoiding confusion with comets.

• Comet Hale–BoppNarrower topic: Hale–Bopp’s coma and tails formed as sunlight heated its icy nucleus.

• Comet HyakutakeNarrower topic: Hyakutake is one instance of this class of active icy bodies.

• Bruno SchulzBroader topic: It offers a late example of Schulz’s comic, fantastical approach to modern life.

• Melencolia IRelated: The bright celestial object above the landscape contributes to the print’s unsettled atmosphere.

• Night skyRelated: Bright comets can become conspicuous, changing features of the night sky.

• Tisserand parameterRelated: Orbital comparisons using the parameter became especially useful in distinguishing comet populations.

• 1I/ʻOumuamuaCompared with: ʻOumuamua’s lack of a visible coma made its classification as an ordinary comet uncertain.

• Hills cloudNarrower topic: The cloud was proposed to explain the supply of comets arriving from great distances.

• Interplanetary dust cloudRelated: Cometary activity continually injects fine grains into the cloud.

• Interplanetary mediumRelated: Comets replenish interplanetary dust and create streams of meteoroids.

• Interstellar iceRelated: Cometary ices preserve related volatile molecules and offer a comparative chemical record.

• 2060 ChironNarrower topic: Chiron links the study of centaurs to comet behavior and volatile loss.